The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2090
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
2:55 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2077
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -11.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.61° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.15° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.